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ATTORNEYS E. N. TRUMP.

CAR. APPLICATION PILPD 11.111.24.1902.

PATENTED SEPT. 18, 1906.

E. N. TRUMP.

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ABPLIOATION FILED MAR.24,1902.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 18, 1906.

Original application iled December 7, 18 9 7, Serial No. 6 6 1,033. Divided and this application filed March 24,19 02. Serial 'Nol 9 9, 750.

To all r11/wm, it may concern:

Be it known that l, EDWARD N. TRUMP, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Car, of which the following is a specification.

My invention'has for its object the production of a car which is particularly applicable for use in the apparatus for receiving and conveying coke and similar materials set forth in my prior patent, No. 695,970, dated March 25, 1902, of the application for which patent this case is a divisional part; and it consists in the novel combinations and con-4 structions hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in --Which like characters designate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is an elevation of my car, its cover being removed, a portion of a coke-oven, and the plunger for discharging the coke from the oven to the car. Fig. 2 is a vertical sec tion taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1, the cover of the car being shown in its inoperative position. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the detached means for causing the automatic discharge from the car of the coke or other material.

My car is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in operative'relation to parts of the apparatus for receiving and conveying coke set forth in my aforesaid patent. Said app a- ,ratus comprises the car A, forming the subject-matter of my present application, cokeovens B, a plunger C for discharging the coke from the ovens B in a substantially horizontal plane upon the car A,`me`ans for moving the car to the desired locality, and means D for causing the automatic dischargel of the coke from the car. The parts B and C, which are of any suitable construction, are shown herein in order that the construction and operation of my car'may be more readily apparent; but as said parts form no feature of the present invention it is thought unnecessary to describe the same.

As preferably constructed the car A comprises supporting-wheels, a frame a, and a body provided with an inclined bottom a, longitudinal and end retaining-walls a2, and a cover c3. The supporting-wheels and the frame a are of any desirable form, size, and

construction. Said bottom a is of substantially the full width of the car, is arranged with its longitudinal side edges disposed at substantially right angles to the aXes of the supporting-wheels in planes substantially perpendicular to said axes and parallel to the line of draft of the car, and is inclined upwardly from one longitudinal side edge to the opposite edge. The lower longitudinal side portion of the bottom c extends laterally beyond the tread of the supporting-wheels and .preferably forms one of the sides of the base of the car, and the upper edge of the other longitudinal side portion of said bottom forms one of the side edges of the top of the car.

The single longitudinal retaining-wall c2 eX- tends upwardly from the lower portion of the bottom a and at substantially right angles thereto and is provided with one or more lateral discharge openings, doors, or gates a4 for controlling said openings and catches or fastening meansa5 for holding the doors or gates c4 closed. Said doors or gates c* are usually hinged at their upper edges to the main body of the car and open outwardly at their lower portions. The catches or fastening means a5 may be of any desirable form, size, and construction, the ones illustrated having their intermediate portions pivoted at a6 beneath the body of the car at the outer sides of the doors or gates a4 and having their outer ends weighted and their opposite ends arranged normally in the path of the lower portions of the doors or gates e4 and engaged with such lower portions. Said catches or fastening means a5 are readily forced from their operative position by elevating their outer weighted ends, andas the doors or gates a4 move into their normal position the upper or inner ends of the catches or fastening means a5 are depressed by the lower edges of the doors or gates ai* andare automatically elevated into their operative position by the weighted ends of said catches or fastening means.

The cover (L3, which may be omitted, if desired, is hinged at its outer side to the longitudlnal edge of the car-body opposite to the elevated longitudinal edge of the bottom c on an axis arranged at substantially right angles to the axes of the supporting-wheels and is movable on said axis toward and from the inclined bottom a.

, The means D preferably consists of a fixed guide or rail which is arranged in proximity to a suitable chute or other receptacle (not illustrated) and is supported independently of the carin position to contact with and elevate the outer Weighted ends or projecting roo ITO

engaging parts of the catches or fastening means a5, and thereby force the same from operative position, whereupon the coke discharges automatically through the lateral discharge-openings.

The construction and operation of mycar will now be readily understood' upon reference to the foregoing description and the aecompanying drawings,and it will be app arent to those skilled in the art that more or less change may be made in the component parts thereof without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a car, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, and a body provided with a bottom inclined upwardly from one side of the body to the opposite side of said body, the upper and lower side edges of the bottom being disposed at substantially right angles to the axes of the supporting-wheels, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In a car, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, and a body provided with a bottom formed of substantially the full width of the car and inclined upwardly from one side of the body to the opposite side of said body, the upper and lower side edges of the botto-m being disposed at substantially right angles to the axes of the supportingwheels, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a car, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, and a body provided with a ottom having its longitudinal sides disposed at substantially right angles to the axes of the supporting-wheels, said bottom being inclined upwardly from one of said sides and having one longitudinal side portion arranged at one side of thebase of the car, and its other longitudinal side portion arranged at the opposite side of the top of the car, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a ear, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, and a body provided with a bottom having its longitudinal sides disposed at substantially right angles to the axes of the supporting-wheels, said bottom being inclined upwardly from one of said sides and having its lower longitudinal side portion forming one of the sides of the base of the car and the upper edge of its other longitudinal side portion forming one of the side edges of the top of the car, substantially as and for the purpose described. Y'

5. In a car, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, and a body provided with a bottom formed of substantially the full width of the car and inclined upwardly, the lower edge of the bottom being arranged in a vertical plane substantially perpendicular to the axes of the wheels, and the lower portion of said bottom being extended laterally beyond the tread of the wheels, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a car, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, a body provided with a bottom inclined upwardly from one side of the body to the opposite side of said body, the upper and lower longitudinal edges of the bottom being disposed at substantially right angles to the axes of the supportingwheels, said body being also provided with a longitudinal retaining-wall extending upwardly from the lower portion of said bottom, and having a lateral discharge-opening and a movable door or gate for said opening, and fastening means for holding the door closed, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a car, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, and a body provided with a bottom formed of substantially the full width of the car and inclined upwardly, the lower edge of the bottom being arranged in a vertical plane substantially perpendicular to the axes of the wheels, and the lower portion of said bottom being extended laterally beyond the tread of the wheels, said body being also provided with a longitudinal retainingwall extending upwardly from the lower portion of said bottom at substantially right angles thereto, and having a lateral dischargeopening, and a movable door or gate for said opening, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a car, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, a body provided with a bottom inclined upwardly from one side of the body to the opposite side of said body, the upper and lower side edges of the bottom being disposed atv substantially right angles to the axes of the supporting-wheels, and a cover hinged to the longitudinal side of the body opposite to the elevated side edge of the bottom on an axis arranged at substantially right angles to the axes of the supportingwheels, and movable on said axis toward and from' the inclined bottom, substantially as and for the purpose described.

9. A car provided with an inclined bottom, the upper edge thereof forming one of the upper edges of the car, said edge extending in a direction parallel to the line of draft of the car, and a cover hinged to one longitudinal edge of the car on an axis substantially parallel to the path of movement of the car and movable on said axis toward and from the inclined bottom, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

10. In a car, the combination of a frame, supporting-wheels, a body provided with a bottom inclined upwardly from one side of the body to the opposite side of said body, the upper and lowerl side edges of the bottom being disposed at substantially right angles to the axes ofthe supporting-wheels, said body being also provided with ya longitudinal TOO IIO

retaining-wall extending upwardly from the lower portion of said bottom and having a lateral discharge-opening and a movable In testimony whereof I have hereunto io signed my name, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county door or gate for said opening, fastening means of Onondaga, in the State of New York, this 5 for holding the doorolosed, and means in po- 14th day of March, 1902.

sition to Contact with the fastening means EDWARD N. TRUMP.

Y for forcing said fastening means from opera- Witnesses:

tive position, substantially as and for the H. C. EHLE,

purpose set forth. ED. F. HUGHES. 

